Links
Hall’s Lisa Dershin LinkUP program supports independent artists and
collaborations in the research of ideas and development of new innovative work
in their movement based practices.

Marc
Frost's Superman 2050 utilizes
elements of physical theater, dance and mime. Imagine a story of epic
proportions performed on a 21 square foot platform with seven actors using only
their bodies to create props, scenery, soundtrack and characters. Now, imagine
a comic book story set in a not-so-distant future where Superman himself
battles his arch nemesis, Lex Luthor. Only this time, they are fighting in and
between Midwestern cities, all of which are now connected by High Speed Trains.
Will Superman save the Midwest’s beloved rail
network from the evil plans of Lex Luthor? Or will the mad genius stop at
nothing to destroy the Man of Steel? More importantly, will one of the actors
fall of this tiny platform? Come and find out!

Molly Jaeger’s SEE WHAT YOU BELIEVE explores the collaboration between movement and
thought as performers traverse the landscape of their imagination and map
connections between physical and conceptual realms. Text and voice are
integrated through the moving body to at once expand and complicate the role of
language in shaping identity and perspective. The rich, distinctive
terrain offered in this piece is built from the idiosyncratic, personal
sensation of movement, the voice and ideas of presence brought by each of the 5
ensemble members.

Lisa
Dershin danced at Links Hall and
MoMing before her death in 1988. Her family started the Lisa Dershin Creative
Dance Foundation in her memory and have generously decided to use the fund to
underwrite the LinkUP artist stipends. The LinkUP program began under the
artistic leadership of Asimina Chremos in 2002.

When & Where

3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Suite 207
Chicago,
60657

Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8:00 PM (CDT)

Organizer

MISSION STATEMENTLinks Hall encourages artistic innovation and public engagement by maintaining a facility and providing flexible programming for the research, development and presentation of new work in the performing arts.